Before I continue, below are links showing hundreds of examples of forged Mickey Mantle baseballs, photos, etc. found on Ebay (the most dangerous place to buy autographs if you're a casual collector or impulse buyer).

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-mantle-dimaggi...

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/examples-of-mickey-...

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/most-common-mantle-...

Here's another forged Mickey Mantle baseball that recently sold on Ebay with a worthless COA from Shop At Home sold by Ebay seller Hamptonroadscomics for $242.55.

Shop At Home sold approximately $750,000 in forgeries to consumers and this crap will continue to infect the hobby.

With Ebay so heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors and impulse buyers, selling forgeries on Ebay is actually easier than selling authentic autographs.

Ebay, in my opinion, is an enabler of this garbage because they do ZERO about eradicating it.

Ebay has profited big-time from the sales of forgeries for over two decades.

Here is that forged Mickey Mantle baseball with a worthless COA from Shop At Home sold by Ebay seller Hamptonroadscomics.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Signed-Autographed-American-...